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Bleeding Heart

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Posted by Tim Mulholland on May 13, 2010 at 4:36 PM
Bleeding Heart
I've been trying to find the time to photograph the bleeding hearts that are blooming throughout my neighborhood. I finally got out this afternoon to the one in my front yard. ;)

The first shot is pretty standard, but I used a mirror beneath the flowers to go for a different perspective in the second photograph.

C&C welcome/appreciated!

Pentax K20D, ISO400, using a Pentax 67 135mm macro lens, f/11, 1/125"

Tim!
Posted by Tim Mulholland on May 13, 2010 at 4:37 PM
upside down... ;)
Posted by Bruce Palla on May 13, 2010 at 7:18 PM
The second one is really neat. The out of focus BG is excellent.
Posted by Philip Schwarz on May 15, 2010 at 10:35 AM
Great idea. Wish you had posted it about a month earlier. Would have been treat to try it out on some of the spring flowers that are difficult to shoot. I think the Nodding Trilliums are still out. Might be fun to get a shot of the flower and the reflection at the same time.
Posted by Brian Vance on May 16, 2010 at 11:42 AM
I really like the second one, Tim! Really creative and an excellent composition and POV. :toast:
Posted by Kendall Hetrick on May 16, 2010 at 5:20 PM
Great idea and image. They are both fine shots. Like the stacking of the blooms in the second.
Posted by Kerry Leibowitz on May 21, 2010 at 12:39 PM
I like the creativity of the second shot, but I have ton confess that all the bright spots in the background are causing my eye to wander. I very much like the first shot exactly as posted.
Posted by Tim Mulholland on May 21, 2010 at 1:45 PM
Hi Kerry,

That's a very good comment! I realized it, too, as I was developing the photo, but I'm very glad that you mentioned it because I'm a visual person and seeing your comments will impress the thought in my mind better. It's something that'll be on my mind the next time that I try something like this.

Thank you,

TIm!
Posted by Tim Mulholland on May 21, 2010 at 3:56 PM
Hi Kerry,

That's a very good comment! I realized it, too, as I was developing the photo, but I'm very glad that you mentioned it because I'm a visual person and seeing your comments will impress the thought in my mind better. It's something that'll be on my mind the next time that I try something like this.

Thank you,

TIm!